harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
home; household; family; hearth
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
in history; ever; historical
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
not caring; not giving a damn
deep-seated grudge; hatred
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
automated external defibrillator; AED
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
very shy person; bashful person
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
human relations; personal relationships
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
because; for; the reason why is ...
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to gaze into the distance
fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing